Jeffrey Lee, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Joplin, MONPI 1659309128
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (49.5%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 35.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,012 and has fallen 82.0% since, to $363 in 2025.
Across 48 payments — averaging $125.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$614
- Medtronic$385
- Atricure, Inc.$313
- Artivion, Inc.$261
- plus $480 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,28321%
- Travel & lodging$1,76829%
- Food & beverage$2,98749%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 10 | $2,140 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $1,845 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 6 | $614 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $385 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 5 | $313 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 2 | $261 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Amgen | 1 | $121 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $81 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $66 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $33 |
| BD | 1 | $17 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $17 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Diamondback Peripheral$1,569
- AngioJet Ultra 5000A$1,418
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$301
- ESPRIT$285
- CoreValve Evolut$284
- On-X$261
- SynerGraft$148
- HemoSphere$146
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$145
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$140
- EVENITY$121
- GENERAL ATHERECTOMY$118
- PhotoFix$114
- GENERAL ANGIOPLASTY$110
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$102
How this compares
$6,038 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 113 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Missouri.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 11 | $5,087 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 57 | $501 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Joplin
- Junaid HaroonJoplin$22K
- James TaylorJoplin$11K
- Jamal RabbiJoplin$7K
- Justin van MeeterenKansas City$398K
- Tsuyoshi KanekoSaint Louis$353K
- Ralph DamianoSaint Louis$134K
- Joss FernandezColumbia$100K
- Jeremy LeidenfrostChesterfield$97K
- Ronald NewCape Girardeau$61K
- Dante DaliSpringfield$58K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.